Percolator top



Nov. 8, 1932.

W. H. OVERT'ON PERCOLATOR TOP Filed May 13, 1931 Patented Nov. 8, 1932 TES ' TE T WILLIAM H. OVER/ION, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI PERGOLATOR TOIE Application filed May 13,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in percolator top construction and more particularly to deflectors therefor whereby the coflee or other beverage percolating through and above the percolator tube will be deflected thereby and equally distributed against the walls of the percolator top to obviate cracking or injury thereto.

An additional object of the invention consists of a means of fastening for the deflector within the top thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction,

to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present invention disposed in position for use.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through a percolator top and the invention.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the percolator top with the invention applied.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the percolator and deflector.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the deflector and means of fastening. 3 Referring to the drawing in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corre sponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates generally a conventional form of per colator top, preferably constructed of glass or other transparent material through which the operation of the percolator tube, not shown, may be viewed. It is my purpose to provide a form of deflector, such as indicated at 11, of bell shape formation having the bottom Wall 12 thereof apertured andtaped to accommodate the shank of a bolt or other fastening l3 projected through the top of the cover 10. The side walls of the deflector are shaped in conformity to the adjacent side wall surfaces of the percolator top or cover and in the present instance are shown in the nature of rightangularly disposed facets.

Skirts or flanges 14, carried by and outwardly and downwardly projecting from the lowermost ends of the facets, are disposed 1931. Serial No. 537,137.

for yieldable engagement with the inner side wall of the percolator top to obviate loosening of the bolt 18. As shown, the lowermost edges of the flanges or skirts 15 are of a scalloped nature and therefore may inde- 1 5 pendently exercise the prescribed degree of tension against the inner wall of the percolator top or cover. These flanges or skirts are also utilized for the purpose of guiding the percolating beverage downwardly and evenly over the inner surface of the percolating top or cover whereby no one part of the percolator top will have directed thereagainst any greater degree of heat whereby breaking or cracking of the top or cover due to the foregoing will be obviated.

In view of the fact that the invention is not restricted to application upon any one form of percolator top, it is obviously appar ent that said deflector may be utilized in 0 place of the spray nozzles now included in the uppermost ends of percolator tubes for deflecting the beverage over the grounds. The latter instance is prevalent in the electric types of percolators and considerable heat must be used in order to force the percolating beverage past the spray nozzle.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

A percolator top comprising a bell-shaped member of glass provided at the center of its top with an opening, a screw passing through said opening, a deflector of sheet metal housed in the top of the body and connected with said screw, said bell-shaped member having lower out-turned edges engaging the inner surface of the body whereby the intermediate portion of said bellshaped member is spaced from the inner surface of the body. In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

WILLIAM H. OVERTON. 

